BELFRAGE, BENGT [SSNE 4761]
- Surname
- BELFRAGE, BEFRITZ
- First name
- BENGT
- Title/rank
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- NOBILITY
- Education
- UNIVERSITY
Text source
Bengt Belfrage was one of the sons of John/Hans Belfrage [SSNE 4339]. He was born on 21 June 1642 and later became a student at Uppsala in 1653. He entered military service in 1659, serving first as an ensign in Älvsborg regiment. Thereafter he studied the art of war abroad: in Scotland, England and France, taking part in a major sea battle in 1666. Bengt returned to Sweden by 1667 where he became a lieutenant in the Älvsborg Regiment. Nine years later he served as a captain, being promoted on 1 January 1676. In March 1697 he stood in for his brother Henrik [SSNE 4340] as a godparent to Johan Hinrich Kaldinger's son. Belfrage became a major by 1701 and finally became a lieutenant colonel in 1709 and departed from service in February the following year. He died on 10 October 1726 on Lagmanshaga. Bengt had six brothers of which two were also officers: Lt. Colonel Henrik Johan Belfrage [SSNE 4340] and Captain George Belfrage [SSNE 4763]. His sisters were Jonetta [SSNE 6356], Christina [SSNE 6357], Elisabet [SSNE 6358], Maria [SSNE 6359] and Ingrid [SSNE 6360]. He married Sophia Lillihöok.
Sources: Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 1, pp.265-266; Swedish Krigsarkiv, E. 50. 1. MR 1660, vol 3, f.301 Västgöta Cavalry Regiment: MR 1667 - 1696; A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.36; W. Berg, Samlingar till Göteborgs Historia Christina Kyrkas böcker, (Gothenburg, 1890), vol.1, p.277.
Correspondence is available here:Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069886_00009#?c=&m=&s=&cv=8&xywh=1245%2C2260%2C3876%2C2236
Service record
- SWEDEN, UPPSALA
- Arrived 1653-01-01, as STUDENT
- Departed 1653-12-31, as STUDENT
- Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
- SWEDEN, ALVSBORG REGIMENT
- Arrived 1660-01-01, as FANRIK
- Departed 1660-12-31, as FANRIK
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, AND FRANCE
- Arrived 1660-12-31, as STUDENT
- Departed 1666-12-31, as STUDENT
- Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
- SWEDEN, ALVSBORG REGIMENT
- Arrived 1667-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Departed 1710-12-31, as LIEUT. COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY